2002 Colchester Borough Council election

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2002 Colchester Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.9% (Increase2.svg1.2%)
 First partySecond party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election23 seats, 33.1%21 seats, 38.8%
Seats won2624
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote29,89932,459
Percentage36.4%39.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.3%Increase2.svg 0.7%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Labour Independent
Last election15 seats, 24.1%0 seats, 1.6%
Seats won64
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 9Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote15,6693,078
Percentage19.1%3.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.0%Increase2.svg 2.1%
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1] [2]

Summary

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively. [3] This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 9 seats to only have 6 councillors. [3]

In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame. [4] Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected. [3] Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council. [5]

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (60/60)





Liberal Democrats (46/60)





Labour Party (39/60)





Green Party (5/60)





Independent (5/60)





Socialist Alliance (1/60)





Election result

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2002 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 2653Increase2.svg 343.336.429,899+3.3
  Conservative 2452Increase2.svg 340.039.532,459+0.7
  Labour 617Decrease2.svg 910.019.115,669–5.0
  Independent 430Increase2.svg 46.73.73,078+2.1
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.01.2970N/A
  Socialist Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.00.1106N/A
  Tiptree Residents 001Decrease2.svg 10.00.00–2.4

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive. [6] [7]

Berechurch

Berechurch (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Terence Sutton* 913 49.9
Liberal Democrats Craig Sutton 900 49.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Brooks 875 47.8
Labour Dave Harris66136.1
Labour Paul Bishop61333.5
Labour Christopher Pearson59232.3
Conservative Elizabeth Lee24913.6
Conservative Peter Burgoyne23913.1
Conservative Patricia Conville23412.8
Turnout 1,83031.0
Registered electors 5,877
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Birch and Winstree

Birch and Winstree
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevin Bentley 1,117 69.6
Conservative Peter Crowe* 1,046 65.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Coveney36422.7
Labour Derek Jones31119.4
Turnout 1,60539.0
Registered electors 4,107
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hall* 1,068 58.7
Liberal Democrats Henry Spyvee* 1,044 57.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Jones* 984 54.1
Conservative Lynne Dingemans36920.3
Conservative Alison Baxter35719.6
Conservative Andrew Baxter35719.6
Labour Lisa Laybourne26814.7
Labour Hugh Thomas25414.0
Labour Julia Thomas25313.9
Green Peter Lynn19010.4
Green Andrew Senter1287.0
Turnout 1,82032.0
Registered electors 5,675
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Christ Church

Christ Church
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Cope* 559 46.9
Conservative Roger Buston* 545 42.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Hunt53041.5
Conservative Anthony Hauton48838.2
Labour Maureen Lee 23118.1
Turnout 1,27840.0
Registered electors 3,191
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Copford & West Stanway

Copford & West Stanway
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Elizabeth Blundell* 384 75.2
Liberal Democrats Sally Scott12524.5
Majority25950.7
Turnout 51135.0
Registered electors 1,472
Conservative win (new seat)

Dedham & Langham

Dedham & Langham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Garnett* 757 73.7
Liberal Democrats Carolyn West19719.2
Labour Geraldine Harris737.1
Majority56054.5
Turnout 1,02945.0
Registered electors 2,305
Conservative win (new seat)

East Donyland

East Donyland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Raison 286 43.2 +9.7
Conservative Patricia Sanderson*24637.2-6.2
Liberal Democrats Barry Woodward13019.6-3.5
Majority406.0N/A
Turnout 66236.0-6.0
Registered electors 1,860
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg8.0

Fordham & Stour

Fordham & Stour
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Christopher Arnold* 960 71.7
Conservative Nigel Chapman* 917 68.5
Liberal Democrats Alexander Scott34125.5
Labour Thomas Prosser24818.5
Turnout 1,33833.0
Registered electors 4,002
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Great Tey

Great Tey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Chillingworth 566 65.7 +20.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Phillips*29534.3-11.5
Majority27131.5N/A
Turnout 86240.0-4.7
Registered electors 2,172
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg15.8

No Labour candidate as previous (8.5%).

Harbour

Harbour
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Blandon* 674 52.4
Liberal Democrats Justin Knight 548 42.6
Labour David Canning*42433.0
Labour Jane Green39230.5
Conservative Michael Coyne18414.3
Conservative Sandra Rae16512.8
Turnout 1,28629.0
Registered electors 4,376
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Highwoods

Highwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Oxford* 665 58.6
Liberal Democrats Beverley Oxford* 649 57.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Ringer 560 49.3
Conservative Sarah McClean29425.9
Conservative Alan Blundell29325.8
Conservative Richard Stevenson27824.5
Labour Edmund Chinnery22820.1
Labour Michael Smith20818.3
Turnout 1,13520.0
Registered electors 5,592
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lexden

Lexden
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sonia Lewis* 1,258 66.2
Conservative Donald Henshall* 1,091 57.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Williamson68836.2
Labour Alan Trudgian23912.6
Turnout 1,88944.0
Registered electors 4,311
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Marks Tey

Marks Tey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Gower* 405 64.7 -0.7
Labour Edna Salmon12520.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray9615.3+0.2
Majority28044.7-1.1
Turnout 62731.0-2.0
Registered electors 2,009
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.6

Mile End

Mile End
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nicholas Taylor* 599 45.8
Conservative Matthew Eaton 593 45.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Turrell 546 41.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Hayman52940.4
Conservative Wendy Scattergood*52640.2
Labour Lucy Wood44634.1
Independent John Sutcliffe18714.3
Turnout 1,30926.0
Registered electors 5,108
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

New Town

New Town
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Theresa Higgins* 970 60.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Higgins 948 59.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fisher 932 58.3
Labour Jean Quinn46529.1
Conservative Colin Beattie26716.7
Conservative Glenn Bath26016.3
Conservative Angus Allan23614.8
Turnout 1,59926.0
Registered electors 6,079
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Prettygate

Prettygate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Paul Sheppard* 1,015 45.3
Liberal Democrats John Gray* 1,013 45.2
Conservative Ron Levy 996 44.5
Conservative Peter Crafford*97543.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gray*97443.5
Conservative Michael Pearson94042.0
Labour Andrew Frost32614.6
Turnout 2,23937.0
Registered electors 6,009
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Pyefleet

Pyefleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Davidson 581 66.9 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Wilma Sutton28733.1+16.1
Majority29433.9-15.8
Turnout 87543.0+0.8
Registered electors 2,012
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.0

No Labour candidate as previous (16.3%).

St. Andrew's

St Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Julie Young* 851 63.8
Labour Don Quinn* 818 61.4
Labour Tim Young* 808 60.6
Liberal Democrats John Fellows32324.2
Conservative Anne Allan23817.9
Conservative Susan Burgoyne21316.0
Conservative Pauline Lucas20315.2
Socialist Alliance Jeremy Jepps1068.0
Turnout 1,33320.0
Registered electors 6,696
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Anne's

St Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mike Hogg* 895 56.1
Liberal Democrats Helen Chuah* 824 51.7
Liberal Democrats Barrie Cook 785 49.2
Labour Peter Brine42526.7
Labour David Jonas39424.7
Labour Paul Fryer-Kelsey38524.2
Conservative Brigitte Beard29918.8
Conservative Richard Lamberth27217.1
Conservative Allan Doran25716.1
Turnout 1,59425.0
Registered electors 6,488
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St. John's

St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Ray Gamble* 1,030 69.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith* 919 62.0
Conservative Derek Smith36624.7
Conservative Elizabeth Gorman30820.8
Labour Anna Trudgian1238.3
Turnout 1,48236.0
Registered electors 4,162
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Shrub End

Shrub End
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Winifred Foster 593 36.9
Conservative Amanda Arnold 589 36.6
Conservative Alan Scattergood 561 34.9
Labour Richard Bourne*55334.4
Labour Luke Dopson52032.3
Labour Kim Naish50231.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Hindle49030.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Frame*45828.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Waite45228.1
Turnout 1,60825.0
Registered electors 6,338
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Stanway

Stanway
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Colin Sykes 1,137 56.0
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Ilott* 1,099 54.2
Liberal Democrats Leslie Scott-Boutell 1,043 51.4
Conservative Jane Collier73036.0
Conservative Jonathan Pyman*71735.3
Conservative Michael Segal67033.0
Labour Ian Yates26112.9
Turnout 2,02934.0
Registered electors 5,930
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Tiptree

Tiptree
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Tony Webb* 757 44.8
Independent John Elliott 620 36.7
Independent Anne Burgess 617 36.5
Labour Alan Mogridge*56933.7
Labour Audrey Spencer43225.6
Conservative Agnes Cannon39823.6
Conservative Margaret Crowe39823.6
Conservative John Reeves35421.0
Independent Helen Bunney33019.5
Green Stella Barnes18310.8
Turnout 1,68929.0
Registered electors 5,793
Independent gain from Tiptree Residents
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Cannon* 757 60.7
Conservative Jill Todd 692 55.4
Liberal Democrats Una Jones32325.9
Labour Gary Griffiths28723.0
Green John Withers23819.1
Turnout 1,24833.0
Registered electors 3,827
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Mersea

West Mersea
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Jowers* 1,348 74.3
Conservative John Bouckley* 1,184 65.3
Conservative Margaret Kimberley* 1,136 62.6
Labour Bry Mogridge43023.7
Liberal Democrats Ronald Baker38921.4
Turnout 1,81431.0
Registered electors 5,801
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wivenhoe Cross

Wivenhoe Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Philip Hawkins* 369 56.1
Conservative David Adams 303 46.0
Conservative Kenneth Rogers29044.1
Labour David Purdy18428.0
Liberal Democrats John Galpin16725.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mossop14922.6
Turnout 65817.0
Registered electors 3,986
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe Quay

Wivenhoe Quay
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bob Newman* 592 40.7
Independent Samuel Davies 567 38.9
Labour Stephen Ford52335.9
Conservative Eugene Kraft41228.3
Conservative Elizabeth Corke39927.4
Green Christopher Fox23115.9
Turnout 1,45638.0
Registered electors 3,825
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

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